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Wyandanch residents march to protest school cuts
Quick ReadAbout 50 community residents and others participated in the rally, organized by local activists and the Long Island Progressive Coalition, a regional volunteer group.
Photo credit: Ed Betz | Protesters march in the streets of Wyandanch to fight education cuts in their district. (Aug. 14, 2010)
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Faced with teacher layoffs and larger class sizes, school officials, parents and students took to the streets of Wyandanch Saturday to protest $1.4 billion in statewide cuts in education aid.
"Whose kids? Our kids! Can we save them? Yes, we will!" chanted the demonstrators as they waved posters and marched a mile from Wyandanch Memorial High School to LaFrancis Hardiman Elementary School.
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